Hints & Tips: Valve Adjustment: Difference between revisions

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*Moving the radiator: Remove the mounting bolts and unfasten the filler neck so it can be pushed forward (no need to remove hoses), and remove the fan. Very easy to do, and it gives a lot more space.

*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket will make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done. No drilling required.

*You don't need the special tools, but you might want to find some longer feeler gauges (about 5~6" long). The short ones can be used, but keep them together as a set; that will effectively lengthen them, as well as prevent single blades from falling down the cam chain well.

*You have to unbolt and remove the ~~left-hand coil, but~~ it ~~isn't necessary to drill~~ the ~~spot weld~~ to ~~remove~~ the ~~brackets. The cover is no harder~~ to get ~~out with~~ the ~~brackets left~~ in ~~place than with the brackets removed~~. ~~Removing the bracket will~~ make a ~~tiny bit more room for your hands~~ to get ~~in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it~~ done~~. No drilling required~~.

:The reason for the longer gauges is that the space is pretty cramped when you're actually "in there" getting it done. The longer gauges eliminate the need to have a hand actually buried in the top end while trying to get the gauge in as well. The longer ones aren't totally necessary, but they make it a little easier to get done.

*Instead of buying feeler gauges with bent tips, you can just bend the last inch on straight ones and they'll work fine.

*As far as how much force to use on the feeler gauges, not that much. Just set it so the right gauge slides in and the next size up does not.

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 *Moving the radiator: Remove the mounting bolts and unfasten the filler neck so it can be pushed forward (no need to remove hoses), and remove the fan. Very easy to do, and it gives a lot more space.
+*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket will make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done. No drilling required.
 *You don't need the special tools, but you might want to find some longer feeler gauges (about 5~6" long). The short ones can be used, but keep them together as a set; that will effectively lengthen them, as well as prevent single blades from falling down the cam chain well.
-*You have to unbolt and remove the left-hand coil, but it isn't necessary to drill the spot weld to remove the brackets. The cover is no harder to get out with the brackets left in place than with the brackets removed. Removing the bracket will make a tiny bit more room for your hands to get in and the valve cover to come out. Should you decide to remove it, one admin insists that a long screwdriver and a bit of rocking back and forth gets it done. No drilling required.
+:The reason for the longer gauges is that the space is pretty cramped when you're actually "in there" getting it done. The longer gauges eliminate the need to have a hand actually buried in the top end while trying to get the gauge in as well. The longer ones aren't totally necessary, but they make it a little easier to get done.
+*Instead of buying feeler gauges with bent tips, you can just bend the last inch on straight ones and they'll work fine.
 *As far as how much force to use on the feeler gauges, not that much. Just set it so the right gauge slides in and the next size up does not.